An attorney for accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann argued on Monday that a pizza crust linked to the suspect did not establish probable cause. Defense lawyer Danielle Coysh claimed that DNA from the pizza crust and a napkin that the FBI recovered in January was never linked to Heuermann, 59. However, Suffolk County …
A lawyer for Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann’s two adult children says they’re “not foreclosing” a jailhouse visit to their father but haven’t made a decision. Vess Mitev told British tabloid The U.S. Sun that Victoria Heuermann, 26, and her stepbrother Christopher Sheridan, 33, are “dealing with this on a minute-by-minute basis.” “Anything …
Gilgo Beach victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes had her body secured with a belt marked with either “WH” or “HM,” and the county prosecutor says those initials are the same as accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s grandfather. In an interview in Newsday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that the belt, which was considered …
Investigators have identified a “Jane Doe” in the larger investigation into remains found on Long Island that include the three victims now attributed to Gilgo Beach murders suspect Rex Heuermann. Heuermann is charged with the deaths of Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Melissa Barthelemy and has been named the prime suspect in the death of …
Asa Ellerup, the wife of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann, returned to the couple’s Massapequa Park home this week and was stunned at the destruction left behind by the nearly two weeks investigators spent meticulously searching the residence. Ellerup, 59, filed for divorce shortly after Heuermann’s arrest for the murders of three of …
Investigators don’t believe the suspected Gilgo Beach killer is responsible for the unsolved deaths of four sex workers found dead just outside Atlantic City in 2006. Rex Heuermann, 59, is charged in the deaths of Amber Costello, Megan Waterman, and Melissa Barthelemy and is the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. The four …
Classmates of the accused Long Island serial killer, including “Backdraft” actor, Billy Baldwin, say Rex Heuermann was loner and a “creepy” in high school, who never quite fit in with others. According to The New York Times, accused murdered Rex Heuermann’s classmates discussed the alleged serial killer during a Berner High School 40th high school …
Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife and children were photographed returning to their Massapequa Park home in New York, after police ended their search of the residence on Tuesday. Asa Ellerup, who recently filed for divorce from her husband, 59-year-old Heuermann, arrived at the home accompanied by a man believed to be …
The last unidentified victim of the Midwest’s infamous “Highway Killer” has a name. Larry Eyler was convicted in the 1984 torture murder of 16-year-old Daniel Bridges and sentenced to death. He later confessed to the murder of another young man, 23-year-old Steven Agan in 1982, but died of complications from AIDS in 1994 before his …
A dancer at an Atlantic City boardwalk strip club says she thinks she’s seen Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann at the club, giving him ties to the East Coast town where another four sex workers were found dead along a highway in 2006. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators so far have found no …
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann allegedly took delight in describing his acts of stalking and butchering animals to his colleagues. According to New York magazine article written by Mary Shell, 59-year-old Heuermann caused employees to feel uncomfortable at the small Manhattan architectural firm he worked at, which spurred some of them to eventually …
On Monday, New York police corrected reports that the suspected Long Island serial killer had a soundproof room in his home. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told FOX that there was apparently confusion about the layout of Rex Heuermann’s Long Island home, which is still being searched. “I believe that the soundproof room and …
